One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come he to justify
One man to overthrow

In the name of love
What more in the name of love?
In the name of love
What more in the name of love?

One man caught on a barbed-wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love
What more in the name of love?
In the name of love
What more in the name of love?

Early morning, April four
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

In the name of love
What more in the name of love?
In the name of love
What more in the name of love?

In the name of love
What more in the name of love?
In the name of love
What more in the name of love?


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    the first verse is obviously about christ. one man come in the name of love-obvious one man come and go-obvious one man come, he to justify-christ justifying us to god one man to overthrow- christ to overthrow evil

    the next is about those who betrayed christ or god. the barbed wire fence is a metaphor for the struggle over what to believe for judas...should i betray jesus? one man he resist, jonah rose upto flee ...from the face of the lord. and he was thrown to the sea... and then spat upon the dry earth (empty beach) so the first line refers to judas, the second and third to jonah and finally the fourth back to judas as he betrayed christ with a kiss. One man caught on a barbed wire fence-judas struggling over the decision to betray christ One man he resist-jonah resisting to word of the lord One man washed on an empty beach-jonah spat from the fish onto the dry earth One man betrayed with a kiss-judas betraying christ

    i think that this all fits together because god and christ have had struggles with those who have not been ready to accept them, or feared them. MLK Jr. had the same struggles and i think that it symbolizes the similarities, and rises MLK to st. status, as Bono has ended the song with before.

    so if you look at it this way first verse about christ second about those who resist or challenge third about the death of MLK i think that it makes a lot of sense...even if my explanation is somewhat cluttered and not referenced

    parker9319on September 11, 2005   Link

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